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Yo La Tengo- Alligator Lounge, Santa Monica Ca 6/20/95 Xfer from master video tape + DAT Audio Enhan

So let’s hope this stays up for a while… Matador seems to get excited about taking down videos.. so here’s a message from me to Matador video takedown person:
“Hi! My channel is not monetized- please claim away and make your money. I also shot video and recorded audio with permission. I am merely posting to share a historical document, nothing more… and it’s not like you are going to release this or anything!”

Anyway, here’s another one of the old 8mm videos that gets the full enhancement treatment via Adobe Premiere/Izotope/Pluraleyes. So happy to finally create final versions of these, after 25 years. This is the best show I have ever seen from YLT.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Video Equipment used: Sony TR-81 camcorder
Audio Equipment used: Sony TCD-D7 DAT
Video enhance (noise reduction) via Premiere Elements/Neat Video
Audio rebalance (boost bass and guitar a lot) via Izotope
Audio/video synch via Pluraleyes
Thanks to Kevin Haynes for watching the DAT while I was up front videotaping. I wonder what happened to that guy?

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Bottle Rockets- Alligator Lounge, Santa Monica Ca. 4/22/95 xfer from 8mm master! LIVE

So the bottle rockets used to play unbelievably loud and I was only using the stock mic on the Sony TR81 camera, so the audio is totally distorted. I tried to get a DAT soundboard recording, but the traveling soundman was not allowing it. Oh well. It looks like there are ZERO videos of the Bottle Rockets on YT from 1995, so it has that going for it.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy

Equipment Used: Sony TR81

 

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The Bottle Rockets- Alligator Lounge, Santa Monica Ca. 4/22/95 master videotape enhanced DAT Audio

Here’s one that I filmed 25+ years ago and it didn’t turn out very good. The lighting was low and the stock audio on the camera distorted, especially later in the set. I was able to brighten it up and degrain it in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat video, plus Kingbean synched up the not great but not distorted DAT audio that I also did. So, this is as good as it’s going to get. I put the time into it because I love the band, plus there are zero full sets from this early out there.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TR-81 Camcorder, TCD-D7 DAT, Coresound Binaural Mics w/ Battery Box bass rolloff.
DAT EQ in Sony Soundforge 10
Audio/Video sync by Kingbean

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Heavenly- Alligator Lounge Santa Monica 10/6/94 xfer f/DAT Clone indie pop K Sarah Records Complete

I am going to try to post not two, but THREE audio recordings for you today. I should probably take off this cast and get serious with typing here.

The first one is an On This Date in History thing. I did it again- I had one all uploaded and half-written and discovered that it is already online. Not a fan of wasted time.

My friend Kevin Haynes taped this one- he did a lot of indie stuff with his DAT back in the 90s and we would trade/hang out while I lived there. Decent audience recording that I EQ’d to help bring out some bass.

And what is up with this newspaper preview? Is this a recommendation to see the show or not?

Recorded by: Kevin Haynes
Recording equipment: Sont TCD-D7, Sony ECM737? Mic
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Soundforge 10- bass up, highs down

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Thurston Moore and Steve Shelley- Alligator Lounge, Santa Monica Ca 9/29/94 DAT Audience Sonic Youth

Here’s one that appears to be uncirculated- nothing on Live Music Archive and nothing on youtube. Kevin Haynes taped this one and I cloned it off of him. Not sure if he ever traded it out.

Recorded by: Kevin Haynes
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D7 and ECM737 mic(I think)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Transfer Equipment: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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